Broken Britain glued together again

November 11th, 2011

According to a recent survey by online home insurance provider swiftcover.com, Britain is gluing and screwing its broken household items together more than ever.

Brits have spent £700m replacing broken domestic items in past 12 months and around 15 percent have attempted to repair them.
Despite this huge sum being spent replacing household items, 1.2 million British households (three million people) are eating and drinking using plastic cups and plates, presumably because of difficult economic circumstances.

James Barclay, home insurance expert at swiftcover.com, commented “Although millions continue to replace broken items around the house, many are making do, repairing damaged items or in extreme situations, using plastic plates and cups. There’s clearly a growing acceptance that money is tight so getting the glue out or making do, is now most definitely back.”

The survey also revealed brits have been particularly careless in the kitchen. 65% of domestic items broken are broken in the kitchen, with 2/3 thirds of people recently breaking a cup and over 50% breaking plates, bowls or other kinds of crockery.

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